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[13 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Jay-Z Had 20-Year Crush On Nia Long

In an interview with Essence, actress Nia Long said she met Jay-Z at a party they both attended and complimented the rap mogul on his accomplishments, which led to his admission.


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[13 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
J-Lo Quits: Mariah Carey To Replace Jennifer Lopez On American Idol?

Jennifer Lopez is leaving “American Idol.” After two seasons on the hit show, the singer-actress has decided to call it quits.


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[13 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Yelawolf Talks Possible Shady 2.0 Album

In a recent interview, Shady 2.0’s Yelawolf discussed the possibility. Yelawolf sat down with Montreality to talk about the rumours of a Shady 2.0 release.


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[13 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Conservative Bloggers Want Attorney General Eric Holder Disbarred

Last month the House Oversight Committee voted to hold Eric Holder in contempt, and now conservative bloggers are calling for him to be disbarred.


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[13 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Game Plans on Releasing More Fight Footage With 40 Glocc

The Game says he has more fight footage with rival rapper 40 Glocc, but this video has a member of the Compton rhyme slinger’s crew beating up 40.


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[13 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Law Professor Breaks Down True And False Facts In Jay-Z’s “99 Problems”

An interesting piece of the Southwestern University law professor Caleb Mason doing his own decoding of Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” song.


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[13 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Target Refuses To Carry Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’ Album

Frank Ocean’s manager, Christian Clancy, has issued an apology to Target for for implying that they refused to carry channel ORANGE in stores for inequality.


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[13 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Game Buys $200k Leather Ferrari

“Just spent all my show money (200K) on a leather Ferari 430….. Cash !!!! Maybe I’ll regret it tomorrow.” – The Game


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[13 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Stepson’s Accident Drives Usher To Settle Custody Battle With Ex-Wife

In the wake of the tragic accident that left his stepson brain dead, the singer wants to settle his ongoing custody battle with ex-wife Tameka Raymond, reports TMZ.


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Beanie Sigel Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Tax Evasion

Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel has been sentenced to two years in prison for failing to pay more than $728,000 in federal income taxes, authorities say.


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Rockie Fresh Signs To MMG

It turns out that Ross headed to the Chi and scooped up the Driving 88 author, who’s been heavily buzzing as of late.


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Swizz Beatz Shows Off Snakeskin Reebok’s On Red Carpet (Pictures)

Nas and Swizz Beatz attended the Espys tonight with Swizz Beatz debuting his snakeskin Reebok sneakers.


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
New Era To Release NFL Classic Logo 59FIFTY Collection

New Era became with the official headwear supplier for the NFL back in April, and they’ve got right to work in creating new product for the pro-football league.


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Lil Wayne Working On ‘Dedication 4′ or ‘Drought 4′ Mixtape, No ‘No Ceilings 2′

Either Lil Wayne changed his mind, or DJ Scoob Doo screwed up his tweet yesterday when he said he heard a second installment of a certain mixtape is about.


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Meek Mill Debates Philadelphia Pastor Who Called for “Amen” Boycott

Meek Mill and Rev. Jomo K. Johnson attempted to hash out their differences live on air earlier today (July 11) on Philadelphia’s Hot 107.9.


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Kanye West & Kim Kardashian As Fat People (Picture)

Although many scoffed at the idea of Kim gettin’ busy in the kitchen, it got us to thinking about how her famous figure would look if she fed her man like this all the time


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Big Boi Prepping Sock Line With Crooks & Castles

Still, nothing has been officially announced, but Big Boi let the cat out the bag, revealing that he’s prepping a sock line with the popular streetwear label.


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Chris Brown Tops Charts With ‘Fortune’ Album

Fortune enters at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts with 134,000 copies sold in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Mac Miller Responds To $10million Lord Finesse Lawsuit On Twitter

After Lord Finesse dropped a 10 milli lawsuit on Mac Miller for using his “Hip 2 Da Game” beat for “Kool Aid and Frozen Pizza,” the Pittsburgh MC tweeted his thoughts.


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[12 Jul 2012 | Leave A Comment]
Game & 40 Glocc Tell Different Stories Of The Fight (Audio)

The ongoing battle between Game and 40 Glocc is far from over, both rappers gave conflicting stories of what actually went down.